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To: SOROS who started this subject	3/11/2003 1:35:58 PM
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UN Inspectors Apologize For 2nd U-2 Flight-Iraq Official 11 Mar 12:53 (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 03-11-03 1253ET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UN Inspectors Apologize For 2nd U-2 Flight-Iraq Official -2 11 Mar 13:03 BAGHDAD--U.N. inspectors apologized for a second surveillance flight by an American U-2 spy plane, saying it was a "technical mistake," a senior Iraqi official said Tuesday. U.S. officials said Iraqi fighter jets threatened two U.S. U-2 surveillance planes, forcing them to abort their mission and return to base. A Pentagon official said the decision to end the mission was made "in the interest of safety." In Baghdad, Major General Hossam Mohammed Amin, the chief Iraqi liaison with U.N. weapons inspectors, told reporters that a second flight by the U-2 hadn't been scheduled. Both flights took place Tuesday morning and it was the U.N. inspectors that ordered the two planes to leave Iraqi airspace. (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 03-11-03 1303ET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UN Inspectors Apologize For 2nd U-2 Flight-Iraq Official -3 11 Mar 13:08 Amin said the second plane's entry point was over the Iraqi-Saudi border and not from Kuwait as it has been the pattern since the flights began last month. He said he contacted the senior U.N. inspector in Baghdad, who told him that a technical error was made. "He promised that the mistake would never be repeated and offered his sincere apology," Amin said. "(The inspectors) asked the two planes to leave," Amin said in a hurriedly convened news conference at the Information Ministry. Amin poured scorn on the U.S. version of events, saying they reflected "the frustration and the failure of American policies in finding excuses for aggression against Iraq." (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 03-11-03 1308ET

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